Nature of Science

Question 1

accuracy

Answer 1

refers to error

Question 2

precision

Answer 2

refers to the resolution/fineness of the measurement

Question 3

truth

Answer 3

knowledge that is revealed to us by God through either a General Revelation (nature) or Special Revelation (Scripture)

Question 4

scientific fact

Answer 4

a statement supported by a great deal of evidence and is correct as far as we know, but can change; obtained by experimentation

Question 5

difference between truth and fact

Answer 5

truth is unchanging, fact is not; truth revealed by God, fact learned from experiment

Question 6

science

Answer 6

the process of using experiment, observation,and logical thinking to build mental models of the natural world; living and non-living

Question 7

model

Answer 7

representation

Question 8

mental model

Answer 8

intellectual understanding or mathematical model

Question 9

theory

Answer 9

a type of mental model that explains or relates most or all of the known facts in a given sphere of knowledge

Question 10

hypothesis

Answer 10

a positively stated, informed prediction about what will happen in a given circumstance

Question 11

three variables in an experiment

Answer 11

explanatory variable, response variable, lurking variable